girlofprey

It turned out I wasn't as far away from finishing the main Skyrim quest as I thought. But, it had a lot more to it and was a lot more satisfying than it would have been if it had finished when I thought it was going to. So. I am pleased. And I beat the main quest! Woo hoo! Now all I have to do is ALL THE OTHER HUNDREDS OF QUESTS THERE ARE TO DO, AND THE OTHER BIT OF MAIN STORYLINE. Hmm.

After I defeated Alduin, I decided to go see what everyone else had to say about it before I did anything else. And it turned out they had nothing to say about it. Paarthurnax had a few things to say, then disappeared. Argneir and I had a decent bit of a conversation. Then I went to talk to/inform all the Jarls, the people I actually held that bloody Peace Summit for, and they just didn't care. The guards were all like "Woo hoo, YOU ARE AMAZING", but the Jarls? Fuck no. The guy in Whiterun just wanted to talk about Whiterun. Ulfric Stormcloak - in between having THE SAME CONVERSATION HE HAS EVERY TIME I COME INTO THE PALACE OF KINGS - just wanted me to go see someone else about joining the Stormcloaks. Jarl Elisef was more concerned with having me running an errand for her. And General Tullius was just like, "Yeah, whatever, join the Legion, I have important business to attend to, bye!". And now even the guards are back to making "You brew potions, right? Can you brew me an ale?" jokes. So much for freaking gratitude.

I was also a little worried that dragons wouldn't attack me anymore, and should I actually manage to find all the Shouts, I wouldn't have enough dragon souls to unlock them. But then one immediately attacked me as I was coming out of Windhelm. So apparently no, that situation remains unchanged. Hurrah, I guess.